Device for hanging curtains



(No Model.)

JFSPENCERV DEVIGE FOR HANGING CURTAINS.

Patented Aug. 25, 1896.

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JERVIS SPENCER, OF BALTIMORE COUNTY, MARYLAND.

DEVICE FOR HANGING CURTAINS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 566,425, dated August25, 1896.

Application filed November 2,1898. Serial No. 489,799. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J ERVIS SPENCER, of Baltimore county and State ofMaryland, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Devices forHanging Curtains, of which the following is a full description.

Figure l is a side View of three curtains as the invention is used upona carriage. The one to the left is down, the center one halfway up, andthe third one entirely up and within its housing. Fig. 2 is a sectionalview taken on line 2 2 of Fig. 1, showing the end of rollers and part ofcurtains; Fig. 3, an end view of the double bracket, also showing howthe curtains may overlap each other; Fig. 4, an inside view of thedouble bracket, showing the housing in position to be inserted into thebracket to be secured to the frame of the carriage; Fig. 5, a view ofpart of the housing in perspective; Fig. 6, an end View of a roller,showing the projecting end of roller-rod and square for the key, alsoshowing the curtain arranged to overlap and button around the edge ofthe carriage-post. Fig. 7 is a view of one of the end bracketsconstructed to allow the curtain to pass around the carriage-post; Fig.8, a top view of a side of a carriage provided with curtains and showingan end ourtain wrapped around and fastened at the rear side of the post.

My invention applies to any kind of ourtains which are intended one tooverlap the other, and is directed to suitable and convenient deviceswhereby the overlapping may be accomplished and at the same time make aneat and finished appearance.

The illustration in Fig. 1 is supposed to be upon a carriage, of which Ais the lower part of the framework; A, the top; B B, posts which connectthe lower frame and top together and serve as a support for the top.Upon this framework of the carriage I erect a double bracket constructedas follows Viewing Fig. 3, O 0 show the form in which this bracket ismade. It consists of a solid piece of tin, iron, or other suitablematerial, which may be cast in a single piece and is shaped into twosemicircles, the one above the other. The top of the upper semicircleprojects inwardly and is provided with a flange 0 whereby the bracket isfastened to a suitable part of the framework of the carriage and is heldthereon by screws or nails. The ends of the bracket are usually closed,and centrally of the ends there is provided a journal which acts as abearing for the rod of the roller, as shown at c3 0 This method ofconstruction enables me to secure the flange c to a suitable part of thecarriage and leave a space between the outer woodwork of thecarriageframe and the curtain in order that they may pass each other, asclearly shown in Fig. 3. This roller is provided with a ratchet, andpivoted to the bracket is a pawl ciwhich keeps the spring under tensionwhen wound. The curtain D is lowered by hand and fastened at any pointby buttons or other fastenings, as shown at d. It is also released byhand and is hoisted by the spring-roller.

The above-described form of double bracket I place at each end of thecenter curtain in order that a bearing may be had for that ourtainandthe inner ends of the rollers of the adjacent curtains which-overlapthe center one. The outer curtains may have at the other ends of theirrollers the ordinary bracket, which need not be described. In order towind the curtain and tighten the spring, if desired, the end of thecurtain shaft or spindle projects forward, as shown at c in Fig. 6 andalso in Fig. 1. In connection with this apparatus I have arranged ahousing F, which completely covers and incases the rollers of thecurtains and makes a neat and finished appearance to the outside of acarriage. Fig. 5 illustrates a part of this housing. Viewing Fig. 4,which is an illustration of the inside of the double bracket with theroller taken out, my method of adapting this housing F is clearly shown.The upper semicircular bracket is enlarged at its end, as shown at E,and the lower one, as shown at E. The housing may be made of tin orother suitable material and slipped into this bell-shaped end, so thatthe outer ends of the double bracket may slide over and conceal the endsof the housing F. The housing is then bolted, tacked, or riveted to theframe, making a neat finish to the outside of the carriage.

Another feature of improvement is illustrated in Figs. 6 and 7. In manyvehicles it is desired that at one of the posts D, in front or rear, thecurtains should be wrapped around the post and buttoned thereto upon oneof the plane surfaces of the post. To accomplish this, I construct thebracket as shown in Fig. '7, in which H shows the part secured to thepost so that its opposite side h,which contains the provision for theroller journal, may project backward or forward of the post. The bracketmay also be constructed with the enlargement E for the housing. Aroundthe roller is placed the curtain D, which is cut out in the form shownat 01 Fig. 6. Any other form will do. The object as shown is that whenthe end of the roller-shaft is placed in its bearing the bracket willgive room for the extension (1 of the curtain to enable it to wraparound and be fastened behind the post.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a curtain device, a double bracket provided with journals forrollers, one above the other and located on opposite sides of thebracket, in combination with two rollers running from opposite sides ofthe bracket, each provided with a spindle entering one of the journals,with their journal ends overlapping each other, substantially asdescribed.

2. In a vehicle, a double bracket provided with journals for rollers oneabove the other and located on opposite sides of the bracket and meansfor fastening said bracket to the outer side of the frame of thevehicle,in combination with two rollers, running from opposite sides ofthe bracket, each provided with a spindle entering one of the journalsand a curtain attached to each of the rollers, whereby one may overlapthe other and both fall on the outside of the vehicle-frame.

3. In a vehicle, a double bracket provided with journals for rollers oneabove the other and located on opposite sides of the bracket, and cutout on its inner side to provide a space for the curtain between it andthe outside of the frame of the vehicle, in combination with two rollersrunning from opposite sides each entering one of the journals, andhaving their journal ends overlapping each other, and each provided witha curtain, substantially as described.

4. In a vehicle, a double bracket provided with journals for rollers,one above the other and located on opposite sides of the bracket, incombination with two rollers provided with curtains and running fromopposite sides of the bracket, each entering one of the journals of thebracket with their journal ends overlapping each other, and a housingattached to the bracket and arranged to cover the rollers throughouttheir length.

Signed at Baltimore city, in the State of Maryland, this 24th day ofOctober, A. D. 1893.

JERVIS SPENCER.

\Vitn esses 2 HENRY R. DULANY, II. MACOARTHY.

